From: Single-word comprehension deficits in the nonfluent variant of primary progressive aphasia
 | Group |  | MV comparisonsc | Other comparisonsc | |||||||||||
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Variables | MV | NFV | SV | LV | HC | N HC | P a,b | MV-HC | MV-NFV | MV-SV | MV-LV | NFV-HC | NFV-SV | SV-HC | LV-HC |
Age (years) | 70 (49–80) | 66 (57–70) | 63 (52–73) | 74 (63–77) | 67.5 (53–89) | 64 | 0.50a | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Gender (female/male) | 3/4 | 3/2 | 4/1 | 1/2 | 34/30 | 64 | 0.68b | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Education (years) | 12 (12–17) | 10 (10–16) | 13 (8–14) | 12 (10–18) | 13 (8–22) | 64 | 0.76 a | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Symptom duration (months) | 37 (16–53) | 45 (29–74) | 19 (6–131) | 59 (48–95) | – | – | 0.11a | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
CDR | 0.5 (0.5–1) | 0.5 (0–0.5) | 0.5 (0.5–1) | 0.5 (0–1) | 0 (0) | 64 | < 0.001 a | < 0.001 | 0.064 | 0.43 | 0.45 | < 0.001 | 0.18 | < 0.001 | < 0.001 |
MMSE (/30) | 23.5 (5–28) | 26 (18–30) | 26 (23–30) | 26 (24–29) | 29 (27–30) | 64 | 0.002 a | 0.001 | 0.46 | 0.17 | 0.24 | 0.015 | 0.67 | 0.07 | 0.04 |
CPM (/36) | 27.5 (17–31) | 26 (25–29) | 34 (27–36) | 32 (12–32) | 33 (24–36) | 62 | 0.001 a | 0.001 | 0.83 | 0.099 | 0.44 | 0.003 | 0.048 | 0.70 | 0.15 |
BNT (/60) | 43(4–52) | 47 (7–53) | 14 (9–33) | 46 (24–57) | 56 (44–60) | 64 | < 0.001 a | < 0.001 | 0.46 | 0.074 | 0.49 | 0.005 | 0.17 | < 0.001 | 0.16 |
AVF (1 min) | 7.5 (2–12) | 7 (2–16) | 11 (6–16) | 8 (7–23) | 22.0 (14–30) | 35 | < 0.001 a | < 0.001 | 0.85 | 0.23 | 0.44 | 0.001 | 0.53 | 0.001 | 0.087 |
AAT sum single-word comprehension (/60) | 41 (27–49) | 53 (51–56) | 35 (31–58) | 53 (50–54) | 58 (48–60) | 62 | 0.001 a | < 0.001 | 0.004 | 0.37 | 0.016 | 0.011 | 0.12 | 0.003 | 0.023 |
PALPA auditory word-picture matching (/40) | 39 (36–40) | 39 (37–40) | 26 (21–39) | 38 (38–39) | 40 (38–40) | 49 | < 0.001 a | 0.001 | 0.71 | 0.031 | 0.49 | 0.030 | 0.035 | < 0.001 | 0.001 |
PALPA verbal assoc.-sem. HI (/15) | 13 (11–15) | 13 (10–15) | 12 (5–15) | 15 (15–15) | 15 (10–15) | 51 | 0.004 a | 0.02 | 0.64 | 0.58 | 0.041 | 0.025 | 0.60 | 0.018 | 0.17 |
PALPA verbal assoc.-sem. LI (/15) | 11 (5–14) | 11 (7–14) | 7 (3–14) | 13 (12–14) | 13 (11–15) | 51 | < 0.001 a | 0.003 | 0.78 | 0.36 | 0.12 | 0.009 | 0.25 | 0.006 | 0.46 |
PPT (/52) | 47 (45–47) | 48 (47–49) | 34 (31–47) | 49 (45–52) | 51 (45–52) | 60 | < 0.001 a | < 0.001 | 0.012 | 0.035 | 0.34 | < 0.001 | 0.011 | < 0.001 | 0.23 |
BORB easy B (/32) | 28 (25–29) | 30 (28–31) | 22 (18–25) | 28 (26–30) | 30 (25–32) | 62 | < 0.001 a | 0.017 | 0.091 | 0.008 | 0.79 | 0.68 | 0.008 | < 0.001 | 0.17 |
BORB hard A (/32) | 21 (19–25) | 26 (21–31) | 19 (17–26) | 23 (21–26) | 27 (20–31) | 62 | < 0.001 a | < 0.001 | 0.081 | 0.36 | 0.30 | 0.79 | 0.073 | 0.001 | 0.034 |
WEZT verb comprehension (/60) | 50.5 (42–56) | 55 (40–60) | 48 (32–58) | 57 (53–57) | 59 (56–60) | 21 | < 0.001 a | < 0.001 | 0.71 | 0.58 | 0.070 | 0.037 | 0.53 | 0.001 | 0.013 |
WEZT auditory sentence comprehension (/40) | 32 (12–36) | 32 (26–35) | 38 (33–39) | 37 (27–40) | 40 (36–40) | 23 | < 0.001 a | < 0.001 | 0.93 | 0.022 | 0.20 | < 0.001 | 0.021 | 0.001 | 0.097 |
WEZT active sentence anagram (/10) | 10 (5–10) | 10 (9–10) | 10 (10–10) | 10 (10–10) | 10 (10–10) | 23 | 0.046 a | 0.005 | 0.56 | 0.18 | 0.29 | 0.032 | 0.32 | 1 | 1 |
WEZT passive sentence anagram (/10) | 7 (5–10) | 10 (3–10) | 10 (9–10) | 10 (10–10) | 10 (10–10) | 23 | < 0.001 a | < 0.001 | 0.40 | 0.066 | 0.038 | 0.002 | 0.64 | 0.002 | 1 |
AAT phoneme repetition (/30) | 23 (14–29) | 27 (26–30) | 30 (29–30) | 30 (29–30) | 30 (28–30) | 49 | < 0.001 a | < 0.001 | 0.20 | 0.007 | 0.027 | < 0.001 | 0.032 | 0.93 | 0.55 |
AAT monosyllabic word repetition (/30) | 29 (19–30) | 29 (24–30) | 29 (27–30) | 30 (29–30) | 30 (27–30) | 49 | 0.076a | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
AAT cognate word repetition (/30) | 29 (5–30) | 29 (27–30) | 30 (28–30) | 30 (29–30) | 30 (27–30) | 49 | 0.002 a | < 0.001 | 0.71 | 0.16 | 0.27 | 0.002 | 0.24 | 0.46 | 0.24 |
AAT concatenated word repetition (/30) | 28 (1–30) | 26 (15–30) | 29 (26–30) | 29 (15–30) | 30 (28–30) | 49 | 0.001 a | 0.001 | 0.93 | 0.35 | 0.69 | 0.002 | 0.24 | 0.058 | 0.088 |
AAT sentence repetition (/30) | 27.5 (0–28) | 24 (17–28) | 29 (27–30) | 24 (13–26) | 30 (26–30) | 49 | < 0.001 a | < 0.001 | 0.22 | 0.04 | 0.11 | < 0.001 | 0.016 | 0.33 | 0.001 |
PALPA single-word repetition (/80) | 77 (55–80) | 76 (49–80) | 79 (77–80) | 80 (79–80) | 80 (73–80) | 50 | 0.10a | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
PALPA pseudoword repetition (/80) | 53 (11–72) | 63 (20–78) | 77 (67–79) | 66 (56–74) | 77 (45–80) | 50 | 0.001 a | 0.001 | 0.21 | 0.028 | 0.18 | 0.022 | 0.17 | 0.53 | 0.035 |
DIAS diadochokinesis | 62.5 (32–115) | 51 (18–79) | 80 (50–147) | 114 (77–117) | 126 (56–192) | 23 | 0.001 a | 0.003 | 0.47 | 0.23 | 0.12 | 0.001 | 0.12 | 0.093 | 0.10 |
DIAS consonant and vowel repetition (/30) | 25.5 (11–28) | 28 (20–30) | 30 (24–30) | 30 (29–30) | 30 (29–30) | 23 | < 0.001 a | < 0.001 | 0.20 | 0.10 | 0.019 | 0.008 | 0.58 | 0.096 | 0.37 |